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: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes - XML Representation

Active as of 2022-09-29

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="us-core-usps-state"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <code>https://www.usps.com/</code></li></ul></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.40"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.1.0-snapshot1"/>
  <name value="UspsTwoLetterAlphabeticCodes"/>
  <title value="USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2022-09-29"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Cross-Group Projects"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International - Cross-Group Projects"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cgp"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="cgp@lists.HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="This value set defines two letter USPS alphabetic codes."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <copyright
             value="On July 1, 1963, the Post Office Department implemented the five-digit ZIP Code, which was placed after the state name in the last line of an address. To provide room for the ZIP Code, the Department issued two-letter abbreviations for all states and territories. Publication 59, Abbreviations for Use with ZIP Code, issued by the Department in October 1963. There is no copyright restriction on this value set."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="https://www.usps.com/"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>